第4巻 第5章

Greek Ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐς Καρχηδόνα ἀνέστρεφε, Βανδίλους τε ἅπαντας ἐν παρασκευῇ ἐποιεῖτο, ὅπως ἅμα ἦρι ἀρχομένῳ ἐς Βυζάντιον πέμψειε, καὶ στράτευμα ἔστελλεν ἐφ’ ᾧ ἀνασώσοιντο Ῥωμαίοις ἅπαντα ὧν Βανδίλοι ἦρχον.

Dewing And when he returned to Carthage, he put all the Vandals in readiness, so that at the opening of spring he might send them to Byzantium; and he sent out an army to recover for the Romans everything which the Vandals ruled.

Greek Κύριλλον μὲν οὖν ξὺν πλήθει πολλῷ ἐς Σαρδὼ ἔπεμψε, τὴν Τζάζωνος κεφαλὴν ἔχοντα, ἐπεὶ οἱ νησιῶται οὗτοι ἥκιστα προσχωρεῖν Ῥωμαίοις ἐβούλοντο, δεδιότες τε τοὺς Βανδίλους καὶ οὐκ ἂν οἰόμενοι ἀληθῆ εἶναι ὅσα σφίσι ξυνενεχθῆναι ἐν Τρικαμάρῳ ἐλέγετο.

Dewing And first he sent Cyril to Sardinia with a great force, having the head of Tzazon, since these islanders were not at all willing to yield to the Romans, fearing the Vandals and thinking that what had been told them as having happened in Tricamarum could not be true.

Greek τούτῳ δὲ τῷ Κυρίλλῳ ἐπήγγελλε μοῖραν τοῦ στρατοῦ ἐς Κουρσικὴν πέμψαντα τῇ Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῇ τὴν νῆσον ἀνακτήσασθαι, Βανδίλων κατήκοον τὰ πρότερα οὖσαν, ἣ Κύρνος μὲν ἐν τοῖς ἄνω χρόνοις ἐπεκαλεῖτο, οὐ πόρρω δὲ ἀπὸ Σαρδοῦς ἐστιν.

Dewing And he ordered this Cyril to send a portion of the army to Corsica, and to recover for the Roman empire the island, which had been previously subject to the Vandals; this island was called Cyrnus in early times, and is not far from Sardinia.

Greek ὁ δὲ ἐς Σαρδὼ ἀφικόμενος τήν τε Τζάζωνος κεφαλὴν τοῖς ταύτῃ ᾠκημένοις ἐπέδειξε καὶ ἄμφω τὰ νήσω τῇ Ῥωμαίων βασιλείᾳ ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγὴν ἀνεσώσατο.

Dewing So he came to Sardinia and displayed the head of Tzazon to the inhabitants of the place, and he won back both the islands and made them tributary to the Roman domain.

Greek ἐς δὲ Καισάρειαν τὴν ἐν Μαυριτανοῖς Βελισάριος Ἰωάννην ξὺν λόχῳ πεζικῷ οὗ δὴ αὐτὸς ἡγεῖτο ἔπεμψεν, ἣ ὁδῷ μὲν ἡμερῶν τριάκοντα εὐζώνῳ ἀνδρὶ Καρχηδόνος διέχει, ἐς Γάδειρά τε καὶ τὰς ἡλίου δυσμὰς ἰόντι· κεῖται δὲ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ, μεγάλη τε καὶ πολυάνθρωπος ἐκ παλαιοῦ οὖσα.

Dewing And to Caesarea⁠ in Mauretania Belisarius sent John with an infantry company which he usually commanded himself; this place is distant from Carthage a journey of thirty days for an unencumbered traveller, as one goes towards Gadira and the west; and it is situated upon the sea, having been a great and populous city from ancient times.

Greek Ἰωάννην δὲ ἄλλον, τῶν οἰκείων ὑπασπιστῶν ἕνα, ἐς τὸν ἐν Γαδείροις πορθμὸν καὶ τὴν ἑτέραν τῶν Ἡρακλέους στηλῶν ἔπεμψε, τὸ ἐκείνῃ φρούριον, ὃ Σέπτον καλοῦσι, καθέξοντα.

Dewing Another John, one of his own guardsmen, he sent to Gadira on the strait and by one of the Pillars of Heracles, to take possession of the fort there which they call "Septem."⁠

Greek ἐς δὲ τὰς νήσους αἵπερ ἀγχοῦ εἰσι τῆς ὠκεανοῦ ἐσβολῆς, Ἔβουσά τε καὶ Μαϊορίκα καὶ Μινορίκα ἐπιχωρίως καλούμεναι, Ἀπολλινάριον ἔστειλεν, ὃς ἐξ Ἰταλίας μὲν ὥρμητο, μειράκιον δὲ ὢν ἔτι ἐς Λιβύην ἀφῖκτο.

Dewing And to the islands which are near the strait where the ocean flows in, called Ebusa and Majorica and Minorica⁠ by the natives, he sent Apollinarius, who was a native of Italy, but had come while still a lad to Libya.

Greek καὶ πολλοῖς χρήμασι πρὸς Ἰλδερίχου τότε Βανδίλων ἡγουμένου δεδωρημένος, ἐπεὶ παρελέλυτο τῆς ἀρχῆς Ἰλδέριχος καὶ ἐν φυλακῇ, ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις ἐρρήθη, εἴχετο, ἐς Ἰουστινιανὸν βασιλέα ξὺν Λίβυσι τοῖς ἄλλοις οἳ τὰ Ἰλδερίχου ἔπρασσον, ἱκετεύσων ἦλθε.

Dewing And he had been rewarded with great sums of money by Ilderic, who was then leader of the Vandals, and after Ilderic had been removed from the office and was in confinement, as has been told in the previous narrative,⁠ he came to the Emperor Justinian with the other Libyans who were working in the interest of Ilderic, in order to entreat his favour as a suppliant.

Greek στρατεύσας τε ξὺν τῷ Ῥωμαίων στόλῳ ἐπὶ Γελίμερα καὶ Βανδίλους, ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ τῷδε καὶ πάντων μάλιστα ἐν Τρικαμάρῳ ἐγένετο. καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἔργου Βελισάριος τὰς νήσους οἱ τάσδε ἐπέτρεψε.

Dewing And he joined the Roman expedition against Gelimer and the Vandals, and proved himself a brave man in this war and most of all at Tricamarum. And as a result of his deeds there Belisarius entrusted to him these islands.

Greek μετὰ δὲ καὶ ἐς Τρίπολιν Πουδεντίῳ τε καὶ Ταττιμοὺθ πρὸς τῶν ἐκείνῃ Μαυρουσίων πιεζομένοις στράτευμα πέμψας τὴν Ῥωμαίων δύναμιν ταύτῃ ἐπέρρωσε.

Dewing And later Belisarius sent an army also into Tripolis to Pudentius and Tattimuth,⁠ who were being pressed by the Moors there, and thus strengthened the Roman power in that quarter.

Greek Στείλας δὲ καὶ ἐς Σικελίαν τινάς, ἐφ’ ᾧ τὸ ἐν Λιλυβαίῳ φρούριον ἅτε τῇ Βανδίλων ἀρχῇ προσῆκον ἕξουσιν, ἀπεκρούσθη ἐνθένδε, Γότθων ἥκιστα ἀξιούντων Σικελίας τινὰ ξυγχωρεῖν μοῖραν, ὡς οὐδὲν τὸ φρούριον τοῦτο Βανδίλοις προσῆκον.

Dewing He also sent some men to Sicily in order to take the fortress in Lilybaeum, as belonging to the Vandals' kingdom,⁠ but he was repulsed from there, since the Goths by no means saw fit to yield any part of Sicily, on the ground that this fortress did not belong to the Vandals at all.

Greek ὁ δέ, ἐπεὶ ταῦτα ἤκουσε, πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας οἳ ταύτῃ ἦσαν ἔγραψε τάδε· “Λιλύβαιον τὸ Βανδίλων φρούριον τῶν βασιλέως δούλων ἀποστερεῖτε ἡμᾶς, οὐ δίκαια ποιοῦντες οὐδὲ ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς ξύμφορα, καὶ ἄρχοντι τῷ ὑμετέρῳ οὔτι ἑκόντι καὶ μακρὰν ἀπολελειμμένῳ τῶν πρασσομένων ἐκπολεμῶσαι βούλεσθε βασιλέα τὸν μέγαν, οὗ τὴν εὔνοιαν πόνῳ πολλῷ κτησάμενος ἔχει.

Dewing And when Belisarius heard this, he wrote to the commanders who were there as follows: "You are depriving us of Lilybaeum, the fortress of the Vandals who are the slaves of the emperor, and are not acting justly nor in a way to benefit yourselves, and you wish to bring upon your ruler, though he does not so will it and is far distant from the scene of these actions, the hostility of the great emperor, whose good-will he has, having won it with great labour.

Greek καίτοι πῶς οὐκ ἂν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου τρόπου ποιεῖν δόξαιτε, εἰ Γελίμερα μὲν ἔναγχος ἔχειν ξυνεχωρεῖτε τὸ φρούριον, βασιλέα δὲ τὸν τοῦ Γελίμερος κύριον ἀφαιρεῖσθαι τὰ τοῦ δούλου κτήματα ἔγνωτε;

Dewing And yet how could you but seem to be acting contrary to the ways of men if you recently allowed Gelimer and to hold the fortress, but have decided to wrest from the emperor, Gelimer's master, the possessions of the slave?

Greek μὴ ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ βέλτιστοι. ἀλλ’ ἐνθυμεῖσθε, ὡς φιλία μὲν αἰτίας πολλὰς καλύπτειν πέφυκεν, ἔχθρα δὲ οὐδὲ τῶν σμικροτάτων ἀδικημάτων ἀνέχεται, ἀλλὰ διερευνᾶται μὲν ἅπαντα ἄνωθεν, οὐ περιορᾷ δὲ πλουτοῦντας τοῖς γε οὐδὲν προσήκουσι τοὺς πολεμίους.

Dewing You, at least, should not act thus, most excellent sirs. But reflect that, while it is the nature of friendship to cover over many faults hostility does not brook even the smallest misdeeds, but searches the past for every offence, and allows not its enemy to grow rich on what does not in the least belong to them.⁠

Greek εἶτα μάχεται ὑπὲρ ὧν τοὺς προγόνους ἠδικῆσθαί φησι· καὶ ἢν μὲν σφαλῇ ἐν τῷ κινδύνῳ, ἀπώλεσε τῶν ὑπαρχόντων οὐδέν, εὐημερήσασα δὲ μεταμανθάνειν ποιεῖ τοὺς ἡσσημένους τὸ σύγγνωμον.

Dewing Moreover, the enemy fights to avenge the wrongs which it says have been done to its ancestors; and whereas, if found thus turned to hostility fails in the struggle, it suffers no loss of its own possessions, yet if it succeeds, it teaches the vanquished to take a new view of the indulgence which has been shewn them in the past.

Greek ὑμεῖς οὖν μήτε δράσητε ἡμᾶς μηδὲν περαιτέρω κακὸν μήτε αὐτοὶ πάθητε, μήτε πολέμιον κατεργάσησθε τῷ Γότθων γένει βασιλέα τὸν μέγαν, ὃν ὑμῖν ἵλεων εἶναι ἐν εὐχῇ ἐστιν.

Dewing See to it, then, that you neither do us further harm nor suffer harm yourselves, and do not make the great emperor an enemy to the Gothic nation, when it is your prayer that he be propitious toward you.

Greek εὖ γὰρ ἴστε ὡς τοῦδε μεταποιουμένοις ὑμῖν τοῦ φρουρίου ὁ πόλεμος ἐν ποσὶν ἔσται οὐχ ὑπὲρ τοῦ Λιλυβαίου μόνον, ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων ὧν οὐδὲν προσῆκον ὑμῖν εἶτα ἀντέχεσθε.”

Dewing For be well assured that, if you lay claim to this fortress, war will confront you immediately, and not for Lilybaeum alone, but for all the possessions you claim as yours, though not one of them belongs to you."

Greek Τοσαῦτα μὲν ἡ ἐπιστολὴ ἐδήλου. Γότθοι δὲ ἀνήνεγκάν τε ταῦτα ἐς τοῦ Ἀταλαρίχου τὴν μητέρα καὶ πρὸς τῆς γυναικὸς ἐπιτεταγμένον σφίσιν ἀπεκρίναντο ὧδε·

Dewing Such was the message of the letter. And the Goths reported these things to the mother⁠ of Antalaric, and at her direction made the following reply:

Greek “Τὰ γράμματα ἃ γέγραφας, ἄριστε Βελισάριε, παραίνεσιν μὲν ἀληθῆ φέρει, ἐς ἄλλους δὲ ἀνθρώπων τινάς, οὐκ εἰς τοὺς Γότθους ἡμᾶς ἥκουσαν.

Dewing "The letter which you have written, most excellent Belisarius, carries sound admonition, but pertinent to some other men, not to us the Goths.

Greek ἡμεῖς γὰρ οὐδὲν τῶν βασιλέως Ἰουστινιανοῦ λαβόντες ἔχομεν, μή ποτε οὕτω μανείημεν· Σικελίαν δὲ ξύμπασαν προσποιούμεθα ἡμετέραν οὖσαν, ἧς δὴ ἄκρα μία τὸ ἐν Λιλυβαίῳ φρούριόν ἐστιν.

Dewing For there is nothing of the Emperor Justinian's which we have taken and hold; may we never be so mad as to do such a thing! The whole of Sicily we claim because it is our own and the fortress of Lilybaeum is one of its promontories.

Greek εἰ δὲ Θευδέριχος τὴν ἀδελφὴν τῷ Βανδίλων βασιλεῖ ξυνοικοῦσαν τῶν τινι Σικελίας ἐμπορίων ἐκέλευσε χρῆσθαι, οὐδὲν τοῦτο πρᾶγμα.

Dewing And if Theoderic gave his sister, who was the consort of the Greek of the Vandals, one of the trading-ports of Sicily for her use, this is nothing.

Greek οὐ γὰρ ἂν τοῦτο δικαιώματος ὑμῖν ὁτουοῦν ἀξίωσιν φέροι. σὺ μέντοι, ὦ στρατηγέ, πράττοις ἂν τὰ δίκαια πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἤν γε τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἀντιλεγομένων τὴν διάλυσιν οὐχ ὡς πολέμιος, ἀλλ’ ἅτε φίλος ποιεῖσθαι θέλοις. διαφέρει δέ,

Dewing For this fact could not afford a basis for any claim on your part. But you, O General, would be acting justly toward us, if you should be willing to make the settlement of the matters in dispute between us, not as an enemy, but as a friend.

Greek ὅτι οἱ μὲν φίλοι τὰ διάφορα ἐν τῆ διαίτῃ, οἱ δὲ πολέμιοι ἐν τῇ μάχῃ διακρίνειν πεφύκασιν.

Dewing And there is this difference, that friends are accustomed to settle their disagreements by arbitration, but enemies by battle.

Greek ἡμεῖς μὲν οὖν Ἰουστινιανῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τούτων διαιτᾶν ἐπιτρέψομεν, ὅπη ἂν αὐτῷ δοκῇ νόμιμά τε εἶναι καὶ δίκαια. βουλόμεθα δέ σε ὡς βέλτιστα βουλεύσασθαι μᾶλλον ἢ ὡς ταχύτατα καὶ τὴν παρὰ τοῦ σοῦ βασιλέως προσδέχεσθαι γνῶσιν.” τοσαῦτα μὲν καὶ ἡ τῶν Γότθων γραφὴ ἐδήλου.

Dewing We, therefore, shall commit this matter to the Emperor Justinian, to arbitrate⁠ in whatever manner seems to him lawful and just. And we desire that the decisions you make shall be as wise as possible, rather than as hasty as possible, and that you, therefore, await the decision of your emperor." Such was the message of the letter of the Goths.

Greek Βελισάριος δὲ ἀνενεγκὼν ἅπαντα ἑς βασιλέα ἡσύχαζεν, ἕως αὐτῷ βασιλεὺς ἐπιστέλλοι ὅσα ἂν αὐτῷ βουλομένῳ εἴη.

Dewing And Belisarius, reporting all to the emperor, remained quiet until the emperor should send him word what his wish was.